Leju Robotics
Leju Robotics is a Shenzhen-based humanoid robot maker (founded 2016) that designs, mass-produces, and deploys the KUAVO full-size humanoid series, AELOS/ROBAN bipeds, and PANDO/CUBE educational robots, serving automotive OEMs (FAW, BAIC, NIO), Tier-1 industrial partners (Schaeffler), home appliances (Haier), telecom (China Mobile), and more than 6,000 Chinese schools, with over 95% domestic component self-sufficiency and a 10,000-unit annual production capacity.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2016
- HeadquartersShenzhen, China
- Headcount251–500
- GTM typeB2B and B2C
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Leju Robotics does
Leju Robotics (Leju (Shenzhen) Robotics Co., Ltd.) is a Shenzhen-based humanoid robot manufacturer founded in 2016 by Leng Xiaokun and nine Harbin Institute of Technology graduates. The company designs, manufactures, and sells a portfolio of humanoid and bipedal robots organized into three lines: general-purpose full-size humanoids (KUAVO 4Pro, KUAVO 5 / 5-W), medium and small bipeds for research and education (ROBAN 2, AELOS PRO3 / LITE&PRO / SMART), and educational programming robots (PANDO, CUBE). Its core technology stack integrates humanoid embodiment with behavior digitization, imitation learning, and partner foundation models — notably Alibaba Cloud's Qwen, Huawei's Pangu embodied large model, and Ant Group's Robbyant LingBot-VLA — supported by an open-source LET humanoid-robot dataset that has surpassed 600,000 downloads and ranks in the top 10 on Hugging Face. Leju reports >95% domestic self-sufficiency for core robot components (up from <10% in 2018) and operates a 10,000-unit-per-year mass-production factory in Foshan via partnership with Dongfang Precision Science & Technology.
The company monetizes hardware sales across industrial manufacturing (KUAVO deployments at Hongqi/FAW, BAIC, NIO, Schaeffler, Hengtong), commercial services (Kuavo tour-guide robots at China Mobile, Suzhou Low-Altitude Economy Exhibition Hall, Qingdao AI Innovation Center), home services (Haier co-branded humanoid home robot), and education (AELOS robots in more than 6,000 Chinese schools, >65% K-12 market share), supplemented by industry-solution services, research platforms, training-ground data services, and emerging robot-leasing/recycling lines with JINGDONG Property. GTM is sales-led and event-driven for enterprise (MBBF2024, AW 2026 Seoul, NEPCON ASIA 2026 Shenzhen, WRC, AWE), with a Tmall flagship storefront for educational/consumer robots and direct field sales into automotive and Tier-1 industrial accounts. FY2025 Kuavo full-size series sales were disclosed at 178 million yuan in IPO-related reporting, the company raised over USD 200 million in a pre-IPO round in October 2025 (co-led by Citic Goldstone and Shenzhen Investment Holdings), and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange accepted its ChiNext IPO application in May 2026.
Leju Robotics firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Leju Robotics
- Legal name
- Leju (Shenzhen) Robotics Co., Ltd.
- Website
- https://lejurobot.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2016
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 251–500 employees
- Short description
- Leju Robotics is a Shenzhen-based humanoid robot maker (founded 2016) that designs, mass-produces, and deploys the KUAVO full-size humanoid series, AELOS/ROBAN bipeds, and PANDO/CUBE educational robots, serving automotive OEMs (FAW, BAIC, NIO), Tier-1 industrial partners (Schaeffler), home appliances (Haier), telecom (China Mobile), and more than 6,000 Chinese schools, with over 95% domestic component self-sufficiency and a 10,000-unit annual production capacity.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Leju Robotics industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Humanoid Robotics
- NAICS
- Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (33411), Doll, Toy, and Game Manufacturing (33993)
- SIC
- Electronic & Other Electrical Equipment (No Computer Equip) (3600), Electronic Components & Accessories (3670)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Humanoid & General-Purpose Robots (HDAAAIAJ)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Industrial & Warehouse Robotics (HDAAAIAA), Robot Software, Autonomy Stacks & Simulation (ROS, digital twins) (HDAAAIAK), Robotics Kits, Parts & Lab Equipment Providers (Education-Focused) (EDAMADAN)
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Where Leju Robotics is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Shenzhen
- HQ country
- China
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices7 records
Markets served
Leju Robotics business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B and B2C
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Humanoid Robot Hardware Sales (KUAVO full-size series): Primary revenue driver: sale of full-size KUAVO humanoid robots; Kuavo series generated 178 million yuan in 2025 sales per IPO disclosure reporting.
- Educational Robot Sales (AELOS series): Sales of small biped AELOS educational robots to more than 6,000 schools across China, capturing over 65% of China's educational robot market.
- Industry Application Solutions (Research / Business Services / Industrial Manufacturing / Training Ground / Education): Tailored scenario solutions spanning research platforms, exhibition hall/shopping mall guidance, automotive and 3C manufacturing, training ground services, and education. Likely delivered with hardware plus integration/professional services.
- Robot Leasing and Recycling Investments: Partnership with JINGDONG Property includes plans to expand into robot leasing and recycling industry investments to foster diversified business synergy in the embodied AI sector.
- D2C E-commerce via Tmall Flagship Store: Direct-to-consumer sales channel through Tmall flagship store (lejuznsb.tmall.com) for educational and consumer-grade robots.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | — | Quote-based enterprise pricing for KUAVO full-size humanoid robots and tailored industry solutions. |
| Unit Pricing | — | Educational robot pricing (AELOS / PANDO) via official Tmall flagship store. |
Go-to-market motion5 records
Distribution channels8 records
Marketing channels9 records
Leju Robotics product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Leju Robotics researches, develops, manufactures, and markets humanoid and bipedal robots organized into three product lines: full-size general-purpose humanoid robots (KUAVO 4Pro and KUAVO 5/5-W), small/medium biped humanoid robots (ROBAN 2 and AELOS PRO3/LITE&PRO/SMART), and educational programming robots (PANDO, CUBE). The company packages these robots into industry-specific solutions covering research, business services (exhibition hall guidance, shopping assistance), industrial manufacturing (automotive, 3C electronics, logistics), training ground operations, and education. Complementing the hardware are proprietary software (desktop clients, LeJuCreator) and the open-source LET humanoid-robot dataset.
Product overview
Leju Robotics offers a portfolio of humanoid and bipedal robots organized into three lines (General-Purpose Humanoid Robots, Small/Medium Biped Humanoid Robots, and an Educational Programming Robot Series), each supported by scenario-specific industry applications (Research, Business Services, Industrial Manufacturing, Training Ground, and Educational Services). The core platform is the KUAVO series (KUAVO 4Pro and KUAVO 5 / 5-W), which serves industrial, commercial, research, and home scenarios, and is complemented by the medium-size ROBAN 2, the small AELOS family (PRO3, LITE & PRO, SMART) for education, and the PANDO programming robot and CUBE smart building block kit. Open-source assets such as the LET humanoid-robot dataset (top-10 on Hugging Face) and desktop clients (Kuavo Desktop Client Terminal, LeJuCreator, AELOS Edu, Roban, TESKOR) extend the platform's ecosystem for developers and researchers.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- KUAVO: General-purpose full-size humanoid robot series (including KUAVO 4Pro, KUAVO 5, KUAVO 5-W) targeting industrial manufacturing, research, commercial service, and home service applications.
- ROBAN
- AELOS
- PANDO
- CUBE
Products and services
- KUAVO 4Pro Full-size general-purpose humanoid robot in the KUAVO series, designed for research, commercial service, industrial manufacturing, and home service scenarios. Supports behavior digitization and imitation learning, and integrates the Qwen foundation model for a Large Model Q&A system.
- KUAVO 5 / 5-W Latest full-size KUAVO humanoid robot, engineered to fit industrial production rhythms and execute multi-scenario, multi-task operations including industrial manufacturing (automotive, 3C electronics, logistics), scientific research and education, outdoor patrol, and commercial guide use cases.
- ROBAN 2 Medium-size biped humanoid robot targeted at research, education, and developer use. Supported by the Roban Desktop Client Terminal with Blockly modular programming, visual action programming, and Python support (open-source code provided).
- AELOS PRO3 Small biped humanoid robot in the AELOS Edu line for global teenagers and STEM education, supported by Blockly modular programming and partial Python code compilation via the AELOS Edu Series Desktop Client.
- AELOS LITE & PRO Entry-level and pro variants of the AELOS small biped humanoid robot family, designed for education and programming introduction, deployed across more than 6,000 schools in China.
- AELOS SMART Smart variant of the AELOS small biped humanoid robot family, targeted at educational programming and introductory robotics use cases.
- PANDO Educational programming robot in Leju's product line, positioned as a programmable platform for students and learners to engage with robotics and coding.
- CUBE Smart building block kit offered alongside PANDO as part of Leju's educational programming robot series, designed for hands-on STEM learning.
- Research Scenarios Solution Ready-to-use humanoid robot research platform built on KUAVO and ROBAN 2, providing behavior digitization, rapid dataset collection, and imitation learning for universities and research institutions. Targeted at research institutions including collaborations with BAAI and Tencent Robotics X.
- Business Service Solutions Commercial robot intelligent service solutions using KUAVO as tour guide and shopping guide in exhibition halls, shopping malls, scenic areas, and special industries including bank assistance and smart city deployments.
- Industrial Manufacturing Solutions Embodied-intelligence industrial scenario solutions covering automotive manufacturing, 3C electronics, SMT production lines, and logistics warehousing/transfer, including autonomous depalletizing of multi-spec plastic bins and the world's first material-tray picking embodied-intelligence robot.
- Training Ground Solutions Humanoid robot training ground solutions for research, data ecology, and model services, with participation in the construction of full-size humanoid robot training centers across China.
- Educational Services AI education solutions for all academic levels, leveraging the AELOS family and PANDO to deliver programming and robotics curricula across Chinese schools and beyond, capturing over 65% of China's educational robot market.
Quantifiable outcome
- 178 million yuan in 2025 sales from Kuavo full-size series
- +6 more outcomes
Companies that use Leju Robotics
Customer profileNamed customers11 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Leju Robotics technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration3 records
AI capability12 records
Feature7 records
Leju Robotics partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
15 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.
- ROBOTECH ASIA at NEPCON ASIA 2026coreFeatured industry leader at the ROBOTECH ASIA debut (NEPCON ASIA 2026, Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center, October 27-29, 2026), focused on embodied intelligence robotics and mass production solutions for automotive and electronics manufacturing.
- JINGDONG PropertycoreSigned strategic partnership agreement to collaborate on embodied AI development, focusing on post-training ecosystems, industrial data acquisition, intelligent solutions, and talent cultivation centered around a robot-focused industrial park. Includes plans to expand into robot leasing and recycling industry investments.
- Hefei CitycoreTogether with Hefei city, promote humanoid robot industrial application ahead.
- Dongfang Precision Science & TechnologyflagshipFactory partnership producing approximately 10,000 humanoid robots annually, with structured multi-step inspection processes and the ability to switch between models. Operations began on March 29, 2026 in Guangdong. The factory produces one robot every 30 minutes and targets annual output of 10,000 units.
- Ant Group RobbyantflagshipRobbyant (an embodied AI company within Ant Group) formed a strategic partnership with Leju Robot to develop and commercialize embodied AI applications in real-world scenarios. Leju provided nearly 10,000 hours of multimodal real-robot data for Robbyant's LingBot-VLA vision-language-action model. Robbyant released a suite of embodied AI models in January including LingBot-VLA, LingBot-Depth, LingBot-World, and LingBot-VA.
- Schaeffler GroupflagshipSigned strategic cooperation agreement in Suzhou on March 4, 2025 (with subsequent AW 2026 announcement on March 4, 2026), making Leju Schaeffler's first embodied intelligence partner in China. Focus areas include industrial scenario applications (small-part loading, factory inspection, production line logistics), data training grounds, and R&D of new humanoid robot technologies. Schaeffler plans to integrate a mid-four-digit number of humanoid robots into its production operations by 2035.
- China Humanoid Robot Conference at AW 2026 (Coex Seoul)coreLeju is one of China's humanoid robot 'Big 5' (Unitree, Agibot, Fourier, Leju, Huawei) participating in the first China Humanoid Robot Conference held at AW 2026 in Seoul on March 4, 2026, with live robot demonstrations and keynotes.
- Alibaba CloudflagshipStrategic partnership signed January 8, 2026 for full-stack AI collaboration on humanoid robots spanning compute, AI platforms, foundation models, and multi-scenario applications. Launched the Embodied Intelligence Manipulation Challenge on Alibaba Cloud's Tianchi platform and integrated the Qwen foundation model. Leju's open-source LET humanoid-robot dataset has surpassed 600,000 downloads on Hugging Face.
- Tencent Robotics X LabcoreResearch collaboration with Leju and BAAI on humanoid robots (joint research video featured on the Leju research applications page: 乐聚×腾讯Robotics X实验室).
- HuaweiflagshipAdopted an asset-light ecosystem strategy, providing computing power, large-scale models, and operating systems through partnerships with UBTECH Robotics and Leju Robotics. Combined with Huawei Pangu embodied large model, KUAVO debuted on HDC2024. Strategic agreement to build global embodied intelligence innovation centre in Shenzhen.
- China MobilecoreCollaborated with China Mobile to explore AI products and industrial application solutions; deployed Kuavo robot as guide/explainer at China Mobile's smart home operations center exhibition hall.
- Haier GroupcoreCollaborated with Haier Group to launch the first humanoid home robot at AWE fair.
- Hengtong Manufacturing CentercoreStrategic cooperation with Hengtong manufacturing center to explore KUAVO scale-up application.
- BAAI (Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence / 智源研究院)coreResearch collaboration with Leju on humanoid robot research outcomes (乐聚&智源研究院 latest成果).
- MBBF 2024 (Huawei-hosted Global Mobile Broadband Forum)minorParticipated in MBBF2024 forum in Istanbul to advocate 5G-A plus humanoid robot convergency and foster global market deployment.
Scale indicators14 records
Recent moves8 records
Expansion highlights7 records
Leju Robotics competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- AgiBot: Chinese humanoid robot startup leading 2025 global shipments at ~32% share (Counterpoint). Direct competitor to Leju in full-size industrial humanoids, both targeting automotive and 3C electronics deployments with very similar product positioning and Chinese industrial customers.
- Unitree Robotics: Chinese humanoid and quadruped robot maker ranked #2 globally with ~27% share in 2025 (Counterpoint). Direct competitor across consumer, research, and industrial humanoid segments; stronger global brand recognition and developer community than Leju.
- UBTECH Robotics: Hong Kong-listed Chinese humanoid robot maker also in the top-5 global 2025 cohort. Comparable in industrial humanoid deployments (automotive OEMs) and educational robots; shares customer types with Leju and is similarly backed by Huawei partnerships.
- Fourier Intelligence: Shanghai-based humanoid robot startup cited in the same "Big 5" Chinese humanoid cohort as Leju. Direct competitor in full-size general-purpose humanoids for research, healthcare, and industrial applications.
- EngineAI: Shenzhen-based humanoid robot startup in the same top Chinese cohort (Omdia 2025 top-10). Direct peer competing with Leju on full-size humanoids for industrial and research scenarios.
Broad incumbents
- Tesla (Optimus): Tesla's Optimus humanoid program places Tesla in the global top-5 humanoid shipment ranking (Counterpoint 2025). Broad incumbent competing for industrial and eventually consumer humanoid adoption, with very different (EV-internal) supply chain and capital base.
- Figure AI: US-based humanoid robot startup focused on general-purpose humanoids for commercial and industrial deployment (BMW pilot). Featured in the same Research and Markets global commercial humanoid robotics report as Leju; comparable on end-use cases if not geography.
- Boston Dynamics: Hyundai-owned humanoid (Atlas) and quadruped robot maker. Featured in the same global commercial humanoid robotics report as Leju; broader incumbent across multiple robot categories rather than a direct industrial-humanoid competitor today.
Emerging players
- Agility Robotics: US-based humanoid (Digit) maker focused on logistics and warehouse applications. Featured alongside Leju in major commercial humanoid robotics market reports; comparable in embodied AI targeting industrial labor-substitution use cases.
- Apptronik: Texas-based humanoid robot startup (Apollo) targeting industrial and logistics applications with Google DeepMind partnership. Comparable to Leju in industrial humanoid positioning; partial geographic overlap through EU/US Tier-1 industrial customer engagement.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat8 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Leju Robotics leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
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Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
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Funding rounds4 records
Investors21 records
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Investments9 records
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Frequently asked questions about Leju Robotics
What does Leju Robotics do?
Leju Robotics researches, develops, manufactures, and markets humanoid and bipedal robots organized into three product lines: full-size general-purpose humanoid robots (KUAVO 4Pro and KUAVO 5/5-W), small/medium biped humanoid robots (ROBAN 2 and AELOS PRO3/LITE&PRO/SMART), and educational programming robots (PANDO, CUBE). The company packages these robots into industry-specific solutions covering research, business services (exhibition hall guidance, shopping assistance), industrial manufacturing (automotive, 3C electronics, logistics), training ground operations, and education. Complementing the hardware are proprietary software (desktop clients, LeJuCreator) and the open-source LET humanoid-robot dataset.
Is Leju Robotics a public or private company?
Leju Robotics is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was Leju Robotics founded?
Leju Robotics was founded in 2016. It employs 251 to 500 people.
Where is Leju Robotics based?
Leju Robotics is headquartered in Shenzhen, China, in the Asia region.
How does Leju Robotics make money?
Five revenue lines are on record. Humanoid Robot Hardware Sales (KUAVO full-size series) is the primary driver. The others are educational Robot Sales (AELOS series), industry Application Solutions (Research / Business Services / Industrial Manufacturing / Training Ground / Education), robot Leasing and Recycling Investments and D2C E-commerce via Tmall Flagship Store.
Who are Leju Robotics's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are AgiBot, Unitree Robotics, UBTECH Robotics, Fourier Intelligence and EngineAI. Broad incumbents are Tesla (Optimus), Figure AI and Boston Dynamics. Emerging players are Agility Robotics and Apptronik.
Does Leju Robotics have an API?
No public API is recorded for Leju Robotics.
What industry is Leju Robotics in?
Leju Robotics's product category is Humanoid Robotics. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAAAIAJ, Humanoid & General-Purpose Robots, with a secondary code of HDAAAIAA, Industrial & Warehouse Robotics. Its NAICS code is 33411 and its SIC code is 3600.